UNFCCC NEGOTIATION TEXT Members will be interested to note that UNFCCC published negotiation text related to international shipping in the lead up to COP 15 in Copenhagen (see extract below). It will be noted that the text aligns well with assumptions proposed to the Executive Committee, in a presentation made by the […]
Archive for юни, 2009
Attached please find the press release following the ICS/ISF Annual Meetings in London. ICS&ISF(09)38 Annex PRESS RELEASE- ICS AND ISF SHIPOWNERS MEET IN LONDON
IMF – REGIONAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ON EUROPE Europe is in a deep recession. Adverse feedback between the financial and real sectors and across borders is likely to delay the recovery and create downside risks. Unprecedented policies have been undertaken to address the crisis-but are they likely to be successful and sufficiently coordinated for a […]
Attached please find the latest monthly report from the Chamber of Shipping of America. The report covers, inter alia: A report on the discussions taking place in the US government, and between government and industry, concerning piracy off the coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden. The report describes US policy […]
IMF – REGIONAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ON ASIA AND PACIFIC The May 2009 Asia and Pacific REO looks at the impact of the global financial crisis on Asia. Chapter 1 argues that a sustained recovery will need to await an improvement in the global economy, given Asian economies’ specialization on advanced manufacturing and increasing financial […]
EMSA newsletter_april2009
ICS BRIEF FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE SAFE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND RECYCLING OF SHIPS The IMO International Conference on the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships will take place in Hong Kong 11-15 May 2009. The ICS brief for the meeting is attached MC(09)52 – Annex – […]
Attached: letter of 29 April from the ICS/ISF Chairman/President to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea requesting that the two officers of the “Hebei Spirit” be permitted to return home to India pending the Court of Appeal’s consideration/approval of the Supreme Court decision that the officers are innocent of the imprisonable charge […]
‘HEBEI SPIRIT’ The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the International Shipping Federation (ISF) are very pleased that the master and chief officer of the ‘Hebei Spirit’ have been spared further imprisonment following yesterday’s decision by the Korean Supreme Court that they are innocent of the charge of vessel destruction, based upon which imprisonment […]
PIRACY – ECSA meeting with the ATALANTA/EU-NAVFOR Headquarters Donors Conference – Brussels 22/23 April 2009